Celebrating Latinas: Women's History Month

Piedad Cordoba (Colombia)Colombia's first Black senatorhas been a strong legislative advocate against discrimination based on race, gender, and sexual orientation. Córdoba evolved into one of the most notorious figures of the Latin American feminist movement in Colombia.

María Chinquiquirá (Ecuador)

Enslaved in Guayaquil, Ecuador in the 1700’s and was the first slave
in Ecuador to win her freedom. She was enslaved by Presbyter Afonso
Cepeda de Arizcum Elizondo. Maria Chiquinquira “entered a legal
battle” for her and her daughter’s freedom in May 1794 and changed the
course of her history and for thousands of black women in Ecuador.

Adelina Ballumbrosio (Perú)

This is the widow of the late, great godfather of Afro-Peruvian music and dance, Amador Ballumbrosio. It's with her family where I stay when I'm in Perú. She is like a mother to me and refers to me as hijo (son). My money is no good in her house as I also get two square meals per day.

Dolores Huerta (California)

Co-founded the United Farm Workers Union withCésar Chávez. She (Mexican ancestry) worked to improve social and economic conditions for farm workers and to
fight discrimination. To further her cause, she created the
Agricultural Workers Association (AWA) in 1960.

Sonia Sotomayor (New York)The first Latina Supreme Court Justice (Puerto Rican ancestry) grew up in a South Bronx housing project, across the Harlem River from where I grew up.

Afro-Mexican singer known for her interpretation of boleros, sones, rumbas and songs. She also sang for the Sonora Matancera. The alley where she was born in the old barrio of "La Huaca" in the city of Veracruz, México,
carries her name. After her death the municipality of Veracruz has
erected a statue of Toña la Negra.

Lucila Campos (Perú)

One of the original members of the world's famous dance troupe, Perú Negro (Black Peru) also became a solo artist of Afro-Peruvian music. She is one of my favorite singers.

Lucresia (Spain)

This Cuban born Jazz singer now living in Barcelona, Spain has included a mix of traditional Cuban music
with, salsa, and boleros. She has recorded nine CDs and has had phenomenal success in
Spain and throughout Europe,

María Elena Moyano (Perú)

Community organizer and activist who was assassinated by the maoistShining Path (Sendero Luminoso) insurgent
movement. She courageously stood up in the face of death to protest violence and abuse against women.

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billsmih510@gmail.com — Bill is a certified professional résumé writer born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and raised in New York City, the USA near Spanish Harlem where he began teaching himself Spanish at age 10. His late Mexican-American friend, Yolanda Guttierrez, strongly encouraged Bill to learn the culture if he is going to speak the language. Bill took her advice to heart by exploring black cultures in Latin America through research and travel, thus his blog, African American-Latino World.